NORWEGIAN CULTURE
| Phrase | Pronunciation | English |
| Når foregår innsjekkingen? | nohr fohr-eh-gohr eenn-shehk-keeng-ehn | What time is check-in? |
| Innsjekkingen begynner klokka halv fem? | eenn-shehk-keeng-ehn beh-jeen-nehr klohk-kahahll fehmm | Check in starts at 4:30. |
| Time at 1/2 past the hour | Pronunciation | English |
| halv ett | hahll ehtt | 12:30 |
| halv to | hahll too | 1:30 |
| halv tre | hahll treh | 2:30 |
| halv fire | hahll fee-reh | 3:30 |
| halv fem | hahll fehmm | 4:30 |
| halv seks | hahll sehks | 5:30 |
| halv sju | hahll shew | 6:30 |
| halv åtte | hahll oht-teh | 7:30 |
| halv ni | hahll nee | 8:30 |
| halv ti | hahll tee | 9:30 |
| halv elleve | hahll ehll-veh | 10:30 |
| halv tolv | hahll tohll | 11:30 |
In the train station you may hear the half-hour times announced as:
| Practice | Pronunciation | English |
| ett tretti | ehtt treht-tee | 1:30 a.m. |
| to tretti | too treht-tee | 2:30 a.m. |
| tre tretti | treh treht-tee | 3:30 a.m. |
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Now it’s your turn to fill in the rest:
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| ________________________ | 4:30 a.m. | |
| ________________________ | 5:30 a.m. | |
| ________________________ | 6:30 a.m. | |
| ________________________ | 7:30 a.m. | |
| ________________________ | 8:30 a.m. | |
| ________________________ | 9:30 a.m. | |
| ________________________ | 10:30 a.m. | |
| ________________________ | 11:30 a.m. | |
| tolv tretti | 12:30 p.m. | |
| tretten tretti | 13:30 p.m. | |
| fjorteen tretti | 14:30 p.m. | |
| femten tretti | 15:30 p.m. | |
| Etc. | ||
| tjuefire tretti | (zero thirty) 12:30 a.m. | |
| Når lander flyet i Trondheim? | nohr lahn-nehr flee-eh ee troon-haim | When does the plane get in (land) in Trondheim? |
| Det lander klokka fem. | deh lahn-ner klohk-kah fehmm | It lands at 5 p.m. |
You call your friend to arrange for pick up at the airport.
| Arranging an airport pickup | Pronunciation | English |
| Du kan hente meg klokka kvart over fem. | dew kahn hehn-teh mai klohk-kah kohvahrt oh-vehr femm | You may pick me up at a quarter past five. |
| kvart over ett | kohvahrt oh-vehr ehtt | quarter past one |
| kvart over to | kohvahrt oh-vehr too | quarter past two |
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Now it’s your turn to fill in the rest:
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| ________________________ | quarter past three | |
| ________________________ | quarter past four | |
| ________________________ | quarter past five | |
| ________________________ | quarter past six | |
| ________________________ | quarter past seven | |
| ________________________ | quarter past eight | |
| ________________________ | quarter past nine | |
| ________________________ | quarter past ten | |
| ________________________ | quarter past eleven | |
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Now it’s your turn to fill in the rest:
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| Practice | Pronunciation | English |
| ________________________ | quarter past three | |
| ________________________ | quarter past four | |
| ________________________ | quarter past five | |
| ________________________ | quarter past six | |
| ________________________ | quarter past seven | |
| ________________________ | quarter past eight | |
| ________________________ | quarter past nine | |
| ________________________ | quarter past ten | |
| ________________________ | quarter past eleven | |